Huntsville gazette., 1887-06-18

NOLC ME Ill.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Coupilsd frsa vaEis0 Ss1reaA
Tur Government is to institute a coast
.,otrol To aid local authorities in quaran.
tine regulation
qur Constitutional prohibitory amend
,nont was defeated in the Massachusetts
House on the S5h by vote Of 139 to "A,
not the necessary two-thirds.
TUE New York State Grand Lodge OF
Masons has expelled Prudence Lodge on
occonnt of its admission OF Tom Gould
md other notorious people to member
ship.
Tar postmaster-General has issued an
order TO the pos TIM aster at Chicago to de-
,,ar no more registered letters to the
rh;cago Farm Journal, and cash no more
money orders for it.
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srvrRE shocks of earthquake have oc-
cnrred at Vernome, in Turkestan. The
town was almost entirely des troyed. One
hundred and twenty persons were killed
and l25 were injured.
IT is officially announced at Berlin tn at
Emperor William, in consequence of an
abdominal cramp, has been confined to
his bed for the last few days. He is also
nffering from catarrhal irritation Of the
eyelids.
EX-SENATOR E. H. ROLLINS has with
drawn from the senatorial canvass in
New Hampshire, and will not be candl-
date in the caucus. 1t is claimed that a
majority Of his supporters will go to
Chandler.
THE Car is inconsed at the tone adopt
ed by the Russian press in regard to his
foreign policy. The Gar aims at main
tanning peace. His policy emphasizes
the tradition of amity between Russi
and Germany.
ADIspATcH from Nice, France. to the
Warner observatory, on the 18th, an
nounced the discovery of comet located
in right'ascension, sixteen hours, eighteen
minutes, forty-six seconds; declination
south, twenty degrees, thirty-eight min
utes
AARON L. SrIM. one of the best-kn ow n
colOred men in Pennsylvania, died at
Reading on the 9th, aged seventy-seven
years. He was prominent in slavery days
as one of the underground railroad
leaders in assisting fugitive slaves to es-
cape.
JonN RUSSELL YOUNG, ex-Minister to
China, has been chosen president OF the
Anti-Poverty Society Of Philadelphia.
This gives him prominent place in the
Henry George movement. Mr.. W. j. At
kins resigned the place in Mr.. Young's
favor.
THE President is said to have promis ed
Adjutant-Genera Johnston Jones, of
North Carolina, during his recent visit to
Washington, that all the flags taken from
the Southern States during the late war
should be returned to those States at an
early day.
HERR LALANCE, a member Of the Ger
man Reichstag, from Mullhausen circle,
was ordered on the 10th to leave Alsace
within twenty four hours. Herr Lalance
is an active protector, and is charged
with having supported the French Patri-
otic League.
SERIOUS rioting is reported to have oc-
Cured at Otk Ridge Park, Gutten burg,
". D., On the 18th. An Anarchist picnic
Tor the benefit OF the Chicago Anarchists,
at winch Herr Moss was present, was be-
Ing held in the park. Several persons
are reported hurt.
HE close of the week ended the 11th
@nd the Detroits still leading in the
league baseball championship series,
WIN Boston close up and Chicago still
holding fifth place. The st. LOUIS Browns
continue to hold a strong lead in the
american Ass ociation
A STRONG auti-Semitic movement is
gaming ground in Hungary and the at
tehuon of the government is called to
Ms spread. A terrific fight growing out
VI 'hs state of feeling occurred at Ma
'ura on the 10th, IN which eight persons
were Killed and thirty wounded.
lhE State Department is informed that
ulQer the recent agreement with Spain
lenevmg American vessels from DIS
u Eliminating duties, vessels are arriving at
n havana with cargoes from the Rio de la
Ilata' For sixty years the duties have
excluded American vessels from this
trade.
JOHN BRIGHT has written a letter, in
which he says: "Mr. Gladstone, while in
wales, spoke as though there was no
,roVlnce of Ulster and no Protestant or
wyal Catholic population in Ireland. 1t is
sdu 70 see so great Minister descend to
@ahces so transparent to deceive his
Vountrymen"
GEORGE W. LrNoH, secretary of the
,enth Street Crosstown railroad Zone of
re ,aVoo Sharpe's roads), was indicted by
s~ %e New York grand jury on the 9th or
s,I ss,,a'facery. He is the man who, 1t is
I~, I,a'eu, requested a Mr.. Raymond to see
rs, a.of Smith and try to influence him in
iavOr of Sharpe
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